'Excitement' at largest parachute drop in decade

The training has been staged to show the UK's ability to deploy troops and equipment at short notice.
UK Defence Journal

British forces conduct largest parachute jump in decade

For the scenario, troops were deployed to reinforce a NATO ally facing a potential invasion, with soldiers moving off the ...
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Prince Charles Jokes with Paratroopers About Skydiving Mishap When He Was 'Upside Down … in the Rigging Lines'

Prince Charles visited Merville Barracks to present new Colours to the British Army's Parachute Regiment It's been nearly 50 years since Prince Charles' first parachute drop — but it's a hard one to ...
Daily Mail

Elite airborne British Army regiment the Paras face being sent into battle without parachutes under new cost-cutting measures

They have a reputation for daring and courage – seeing heroic action in Normandy, Arnhem, the Falklands and Afghanistan. But the future of the legendary 'Paras' could be under threat from cost-cutting ...
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Red Devils : the trailblazers of the Parachute Regiment in World War Two: an authorized history / Mark Urban

NASMAIN copy purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. "In Britain they were known as The Parachute Regiment, but their German enemies christened them ...